Super Rugby Aotearoa
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Super Rugby Aotearoa named the Sky Super Rugby Aotearoa for sponsorship purposes[1] was a professional men's rugby union national club competition in New Zealand. Originally created to supplement the 2020 Super Rugby season, which was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament continued in 2021, with a competition being confirmed later that year, including 12 teams in a brand new competition named Super Rugby Pacific.
Current season, competition or edition: 2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season | |
Sport | Rugby Union |
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Founded | 2020; 4 years ago (2020) |
First season | 2020 |
Ceased | 2021 |
Owner(s) | SANZAAR |
CEO | Greg Peters |
Divisions | New Zealand |
No. of teams | 5 |
Country | New Zealand |
Last champion(s) | Crusaders (2nd title) (2021 Super Rugby Aotearoa season) |
Most titles | Crusaders (2 titles) |
TV partner(s) | Digicel ESPN ESPN International Nine Network RugbyPass Sky Sport Stan Sport SuperSport Telefónica Wowow |
Sponsor(s) | Sky |
Related competitions | Super Rugby Super Rugby AU Super Rugby Unlocked Mitre 10 Cup |
Official website | SuperRugby.com |
In its first season, the tournament was a 10-week round robin tournament played by the five New Zealand-based teams of Super Rugby.[2] However, for 2021, the tournament had an additional final between the two highest placed teams in the tournament, with a finals system being used by the similarly created Super Rugby AU tournament in Australia.[3]